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MD Revolution gets $23 million in fresh capital as it ramps up its business of helping physicians maximize Medicare chronic disease management reimbursement.
http://medcitynews.com/2015/12/md-revolution-raises-23m-to-boost-staff-product-develoment/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=44060c4cee-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-44060c4cee-408793005&rf=1
Twine has strung together (or strung along) more investors and roped in an additional $6.7 million in capital to expand its health coaching business.
http://medcitynews.com/2015/12/patient-coaching-for-chronic-conditions/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=44060c4cee-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-44060c4cee-408793005&rf=1
Its private equity owner is selling home care firm American HomePatient to Lincare, which offers home respiratory therapy, for an undisclosed sum.
https://www.pehub.com/2015/12/highland-capital-to-sell-american-homepatient-to-lincare/
Shortly after we learned that growth in health spending accelerated in 2014, the ECRI Institute says that new devices and drugs working their way to market in the near future will add $80 billion in annual spending.
https://www.ecri.org/press/Pages/ECRI-Institute-80-Billion-Annual-Spend-Drug-Device-Therapies.aspx?
Contessa Health has raised $3.5 million in new capital to help its business of facilitating in-home "hospitalization".
https://www.pehub.com/2015/12/contessa-health-collects-3-5-mln-series-a/
Population health manager WellTok has raised $45 million and has acquired Silverlink, which helps health plans communicate with their senior members.
http://medcitynews.com/2015/12/welltok-silverlink-raises-45m/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=448b4cd5eb-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-448b4cd5eb-408793005
GreatCall, which provides home technology for seniors, is acquiring Lively, a home health monitoring company.
http://medcitynews.com/2015/12/greatcall-acquires-lively-remote-monitoring-seniors/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=448b4cd5eb-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-448b4cd5eb-408793005
Kaiser Permanente, a large "non-profit" staff model health plan, is acquiring the Group Health Cooperative of Seattle for $1.8 billion.
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20151204/NEWS/151209935?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20151204-NEWS-151209935&utm_campaign=dose
Large workers' comp vendor Genex Services has acquired medical bill review firm Alpha Review Corp.
http://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20151201/NEWS08/151209980?tags=%7C70%7C74%7C285%7C304%7C92#utm_medium=email&utm_source=bi-workerscomp&utm_campaign=bi-workerscomp-20151203
Evariant has raised $42.3 million to aid its business of helping health systems conduct digital marketing campaigns and engage patients.
http://medcitynews.com/2015/12/health-it-evariant/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=c0bdc550fe-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-c0bdc550fe-408793005
The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.